From: "Bernhard C. März" <shogi4fun <at> arcor <dot> de>
Date: 15 oct 2007
Subject: RE: Shogidokoro (linkless second try)



> I tried to announce that a new version of Shogidokoro is available,=20
> which makes it also possible to use this program under non-Japanese=20
> windows systems. However, this message didn't appear on Shogi-L, and I=
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> suspect that there is a problem with the URLs in this message. (This=20
> happened to me before with a message I wanted to send).

Sounds really strange.

> Here is the=20
> message again without the URLs. If you are interested in this program,=
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> send me a mail and I will give you the details.

I will try it with the web-version, replacing the links.

> *************** Start of bounced message **********
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> This is to inform you that there is a new version of the program=20
> Shogidokoro which will also work under non-Japanese operating systems. I=
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> have worked with the programmer to make a completely English version, so=
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> let me know if there are still any problems or glitches. The new version=
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> is here:

http://www.geocities.jp/shogidokoro/download/Shogidokoro.zip

> As explained before, Shogidokoro is probably going to be what Arena is=
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> for computer chess. Although at the moment there are only a few engines=
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> that have been adapted for Shogidokoro, I am sure this will change in=20
> the near future as this program provides an almost ideal test=20
> environment for computer shogi programs.
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> Of the strong shogi programs, Bonanza will work with Shogidokoro using=
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> the following patch:
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> 1) Download the program "up0014.zip" from here:

http://mucho.girly.jp/cgi/shogiup/upload.html

Hmmm, maybe a filter forbids "girly".  ;-)

> 2) Unpacking will give you the file "u2b.exe", which should be put in=20
> the same directory where "bonanza.exe" is
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> 3) By adding "u2b.exe" as an engine to Shogidokoro, you can play against=
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> Bonanza or have Bonanza play itself.

Let's see what will happen.

Bernhard


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